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Walthamstow 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Puerperal Pyrexia.
28 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during 1944,
The notifications were received from the following souroes:Maternity
Hospital, 17; Hospitals outside the area 9; and
General Practitioners, 2.
The Puerperal Pyrexia rate for 1944 was 14.23 per 1,000 births as
compared with 23.3 in 1943 and the mortality due to Puerperal Sepsis
was 2.1 per cent of the cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified.
The Registrar-General has issued the following rates with regard to
the notification of Puerperal Pyrexia. The '.'a It hams tow rates are set
out in comparison.
Per 1,000 live
Puerperal
Fever
and still births
Puerperal
Pyrexia
England and n&les
10. 34
126 County Boroughs and
Great Towns, including London 13.13
148 Smaller Towns (25-50,000 population) 9.25
London Administrative County 3.61 14.14
Walthamstow 14.23
The Notifications and rates for Walthamstow for the past four years
have been as follows:-
Per 1.000 Total Births (live and still)
| Puerperal | . Pyrexia | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | No. | Rate. |
| 1944 | 28 | 14.23 |
| 1943 | 44 | 23.33 |
| 1942 | 29 | 16.38 |
| 1941 | 39 | 29.1 |
ABORTION.
CIRCULAR 1661.- The number of cases in which medical aid notices w
issued during 1944 by midwives in accordance with Rule E of the Central
Midwives Board was:-
Threatened abortion and misoarriage 1.
Abortion and miscarriage Nil.
0PHTHAL'TA NEONATORUM.
The number of cases notified during the last two years were:-
| Year | Totals | St.James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||
| 1943 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
| Year | Treated | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths | ||||||
| At home | In hospi tal | ||||||||||
| 1944 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||
| 1943 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | - | - | |||||
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1944, ten deaths associated however slightly with pregnancy
and child-bearing were investigated for the eompletion of enquiry forms
Particulars relating to the ten deaths are given in the accompanying
table, from which it will be seen that three were due to instrumental
aborti on.
53.